boulle
[bool]
- buhl.
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Also called boulle·work [bool-wurk] /ˈbulˌwɜrk/.
buhl
or boule, boulle
[bool]
- elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.
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Origin of buhl
1815–25; from Germanized form of French boulle or boule, named after A. C. Boulle or Boule (1642–1732), French cabinetmaker
Also called buhl·work [bool-wurk] /ˈbulˌwɜrk/, boulework, boullework.
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Historical Examples
With this work the name of Boulle is indissolubly associated.
Intarsia and MarquetryF. Hamilton Jackson
Buhl, or Boulle, is inlaid work with tortoise-shell or metals in arabesques or cartouches.
The Old Furniture BookN. Hudson Moore
Boulle was given an apartment in the Louvre and for his great master the celebrated bniste composed his choicest work.
The Old Furniture BookN. Hudson Moore
When there are only two slices of material the technical term for them is Boulle and Counter.
Intarsia and MarquetryF. Hamilton Jackson
Collecting was to Boulle a mania of which, says his friend, it was impossible to cure him.
boulle
boule or buhl
- denoting or relating to a type of marquetry of patterned inlays of brass and tortoiseshell, occasionally with other metals such as pewter, much used on French furniture from the 17th century
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- Also called: boullework something ornamented with such marquetry
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Word Origin
C18: named after André Charles Boulle (1642–1732), French cabinet-maker
buhl
- the usual US spelling of boulle
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